新生児生物学ジャーナル

概要

Spinnaker Sail Sign Accompanied with Pneumopericardium and Pneumoperitoneum

Jae-kyoon Hwang, Hyun-kyung Park, Seok-cheol Jun2 and Hyun Ju Lee

Air-leak syndromes include pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, pneumopericardium, pneumoperitoneum,
pulmonary interstitial emphysema and subcutaneous emphysema. Pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum occur in 1 to 2% of normal neonates and they usually has no symptoms and resolves spontaneously. Here we report sudden fatal pneumomediastinum accompanied with pneumopericardium and pneumoperitoneum in non-ventilated newborn.